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the [?worke] men have bin unfurnished with … the [?worke] men have bin unfurnished with the said sorts of woolls<br />
and albeit there hath bin greate enquerie made after the same,<br />
yet have they bin scarse to be got for money, and therefore hee<br />
is as hee saith well assured that the said commodities to the<br />
quantities of two or three thousand baggs are at a better<br />
market in England than in ffrance fflannders or hollandm and<br />
may here be sold at a higher price and greater rate than<br />
in any of those places or other parts thereabouts, And<br />
this hee saith was and is true and notorious and well knowne<br />
to merchants and tradesmen dealing in that commoditie. And<br />
otherwise hee cannot depose.
To the crosse Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee cometh required by Mr Budd the<br />
States proctor to be a witnesse in this cause, and that hee dwelleth<br />
in lumbardstreete, and hath soe donne for theise fifteene yeares<br />
last past, and that hee sawe the maior part of the woolls in<br />
question at Chesters key within five weekes last. And saith<br />
hee is not bound to answer touching the valew of his estate.
To the second hee saith that hee hath used to buy woolls of Spaine sometimes of one<br />
merchant and somtimes of another as hee hath found them furnished<br />
and hath dealt with most of the merchants that have driven any<br />
considerable trade in those commodities at one time or other<br />
And that hee this summer bought some of severall merchants<br />
as Mr Edward [?Radden] and others, And otherwise hee<br />
cannot answer, saving they have bin considerable quantities<br />
that hee hath bought this summer.
To the third hee saith that in case the woolls in question<br />
came to be sold hee may probably buy a parcell of them if hee<br />
finde a penniworth to be had therein as hee conceriveth it for<br />
him to doe being in the way of his trade and calling. And<br />
otherwise negatively.
To the 4th hee saith that the usuall weight of Spanish wooll<br />
is somtimes more and somtimes lesse, videlicet from an hundred and<br />
a quartern to three hundred and a halfe, and hee never made<br />
soe narrowe inquirie of the quantitie of those woolls in England<br />
[?XX] [?XXXX] as to be able to estimate the number of baggs that [?were]<br />
[?at] [?XXXX] in this land, and saith hee hath knowne neare [?how]<br />
hundred baggs in one mans hand at [?XXXX]. And otherwise hee<br />
cannot depose.
To the fifth hee saith that Castilla wools are of two sorts<br />
namely felt woolls and cloth woolls, and accordingly they are<br />
used, and saith they would more be used if they could<br />
be had than formerly they have bin in England, because the<br />
Commonwealth growes more populous, and the<br />
people more reduced to [?CCesse] of habit and clothes then<br />
formerly, and otherwise hee cannot answer.
To the sixth hee saith that Castila woolls are a [?XXXX] [?XXXX] that Castila woolls are a [?XXXX] [?XXXX] +
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